(January 27, 2010 at 5:03 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:I can't claim to see the future, Rhiz But I would be positively astounded if I were not still female in 16 years, or indeed till my deathQuote:It all depends on the initial person, and how much they have been contorted over the years, as to the extent biology defines us.
So in 16 years you know you will always be female?
Rhizo
The person 16 years form now will probably not be entirely me. There will probably be advancements in those 16 years in my philosophies, my knowledge, my basic nature, etc. All I can feasibly do is think about who I am now... and work towards the goal of being seen as me. In 16 years, many things could happen... but the stronger points of my personality (such as gender) are likely to remain little changed.
I'm hypothesizing that the distortions of 'who' we are occur at an intense rate from birth, and slowly settle as we continue to age. While I doubt that we ever quit developing 'who' we are (assuming that we are conscious)... the changes in us are hardly as significant as in those early years of our life (as most psychologists note)
So whilst I currently (haven't done any particular research into this idea yet... it may be very well that it is an original idea, though i doubt this) believe that the person that was in your body at birth and you are entirely different people: I'm open to really any interpretation of the data/research i find I am actually doing this for a presentation due sometime in late april (i think?) for my Life Stages class, and it seems like an interesting idea so far
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day